Weatherman predicts snow, rain across Jammu and Kashmir till Friday

An official of the department said that the rains in the plains and snow in the higher reaches is likely to occur during the next 24 hours till Friday.

He said that from Kathua to Banihal, the heavy spell of rain/snow/ thunderstorm is expected from today afternoon to tomorrow morning.

As night temperatures rose above the freezing point in Valley, the Srinagar city recorded 1 degree Celsius temperature. The famous hill resort of Pahalgam was at minus 0.3 degree Celsius while Qazigund, the gateway town of Kashmir, recorded 0.8 degrees Celsius, and Kokernag recorded minus 0.4 degrees Celsius.

The famous ski-resort of Gulmarg in north Kashmir recorded minus 5.0 degrees Celsius, Kupwara town in north Kashmir registered 0.1 degrees Celsius.